Blog Archives by Title

• Rome ~ Aug 12-15, 2023
• Chianti, Italy ~ July 31-Aug 12, Castellina in Chianti was our “hometown”
• 3 Nights in Florence, Italy ~ July 28-31, 2023
• 3 nights in London ~ June 24-27, 2023
• A week in Croatia ~ June 16-23, 2023
• 2 nights in Split, Croatia ~ June 2023
• Panama City Beach, Florida ~ 2017-2023
• Verona, Italy ~ September 2022
• Merano, Italy
• Bassano del Grappa & Marostica, Italy ~ Sept 2022
• Amsterdam ~ June 2022
• Lunch in downtown Brussels, Belgium, June 2022
• On the borders of Germany, France & Luxembourg, Iron Man Luxembourg, June 2022
• Time for Champagne! Epernay & One Night in Reims, France ~ June 2022
• 3 Nights in the Loire Valley, France ~ June 2022
• 4 nights in Paris ~ June 2022
• Punta Mita, Sayulita & San Francisco (San Pancho) Mexico ~ March 2022
• Sept 2021 ~ Two nights in Murano and Venice, Italy
• Sept 2021 ~ Two nights in Asolo, Italy
• Sept 2021 ~ Italy: Driving Cortina d’Ampezzo to Asolo
• Sept 2021 ~ Driving from Ortisei to Cortina d’Ampezzo in the Dolomites, Italy & one night in Cortina
• 4 Nights in Ortisei, Italy at Chalet Bernardi ~ Sept 2021
• Lago Garda to Ortisei, Italy ~ Sept 2021
• Day 4: Lunch in Bergamo, drive to Lago Garda, Italy ~ Sept 2021
• Day 2-3: Lago Maggiore & Lago d’Orta, Italy ~ Sept 2021
• Two Weeks in Northern Italy ~ September 2021
• Weekend trip to Lake Oconee, Georgia ~ March 2021
• Colorado ~ Sept/Oct 2020
• Spring Time on our Robertson County, Tennessee Bicentennial Farm ~ March 2020
• Soliman Bay & Tulum, Mexico ~ Feb 2020
• 70s Night at Fairlane Hotel, Nashville
• Eden Gardens State Park ~ Annual Camellia Festival, Santa Rosa, Florida ~ February 2020
• California Wine Country Celebrations, Napa & Sonoma Valley ~ Sept 2019
• 2 Nights in Rome ~ Sept 2019
• 4 Nights on Naxos, Greece ~ Sept 2019
• 3 nights on Santorini, Greece ~ Sept 2019
• Taormina, Sicily ~ August 2019
• Chamonix, France ~ June 2019
• Aosta Valley, Italy ~ June 2019
• Nice, France to Villa Tiboldi, Canale, Italy, May 2019
• Nice, France ~ May 30, 2019
• Paris Shopping & Sightseeing
• Paris Day 1 ~ Sept 2018
• Metz, France to Paris ~ Sept 2018
• Colmar, France & Alsace Region ~ Sept 2018
• A drive through the Alps with lunch at Gruyeres, Switzerland ~ Sept ’18
• Into the Alps: Annecy to Chamonix ~ Sept 2018
• Lourmarin Market Day, Roussillon & Gordes, France ~ Sept 2018.
• L’Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue & Aix, France ~ September 2018
• Arles (Antique Market Day) & Avignon, France ~ September 2018
• Aix en Provence, September 2018 ~ Around Town & Market Day
• Saint Paul de Vence, France ~ Sept 2018
• Monaco & St.- Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Sept 2018
• Nice, France & Monday Antique Market ~ August 2018
• London, 2018
• Chichen Itza, lunch at Valladolid, & Arrival at Nah Uxibal ~ Mexico, December 2017
• Sunday in Merida, Mexico ~ December 2017
• Casa Lucia Hotel Boutique & Lunch at Apoala ~ Merida, Mexico, December 2017
• 30A Florida ~ An Amazing Day: Seagrove & Rosemary Beach
• Seagrove Beach, Florida ~ Hurricane Oyster Bar
• Nah Uxibal on Soliman Bay ~ Tulum, Mexico
• Merida to Valladolid to Tulum
• Merida on Sunday, Progresso: Dec 2016
• Noche Blanca, Dec 2016, Merida, Mexico
• Coba Road, the Honey Store, Birthday Dinner: Tulum, Mexico 2016
• Soliman Bay, Mexico, Sept 2016
• Rome Day 3, Galleria Borghese & Walking around Rome, Last day in Italy, 2016
• Rome Day 2: Castel Sant’ Angelo, The Meat Market, around Rome, Abbey Theatre Irish Pub
• Arriving in Rome, Dinner in Trastevere at Popi Popi
• Poppi Castle
• Ristorante Fattoria Pulcino & The Church of San Biagio, Montepulciano, Italy 2016
• Travel Italy 2016 ~ Dinner at La Bottega del Nobile, Montepulciano
• Travel Italy 2016 ~ Around Montepulciano & Lunch at Ristorante degli Archi
• Travel Italy 2016 ~ Pienza, Spedaletto & Lunch at La Terrazza in Bagno Vignoni
• Travel Italy 2016 ~ San Quirico D’Orcia
• Travel Italy 2016 – Montalcino & Lunch at Fattoria dei Barbi
• Travel Italy 2016: Market day at Castiglione del Lago & wine tasting at Avignonesi
• Travel Italy 2016: Winery Tour & Lunch at Poggio Antico, Montalcino
• Travel Italy 2016: Asciano
• Travel Italy 2016 ~ Bagni San Fillippo, Fosso Bianco Thermal Baths
• Travel Italy, Montechiello 2016
• Travel Italy 2016, Chiusi & National Etruscan Museum
• Travel Italy, Caseificio Cugusi, Pecorino Cheese, Montepulciano 2016
• Travel Italy, Montefollonico, July 2016
• Podere Il Casale, Pienza, Italy 2016
• Italy 2016 ~ Agriturismo Villa Mazzi, Montepulciano
• TN – Red River Farm Spring Barn Sale 2016
• Country Living Fair Nashville 2016
• Mexico April 2016 ~ Bird Watching and a day along Tulum Beach
• Mexico ~ April 2016 Puerta Zama, Tulum Beach & Food
• Mexico April 2016 ~ Around Nah Uxibal & Soliman Bay
• Mexico, April 2016 ~ Soliman Bay
• Las Vegas 2016 ~ Hexx & MGM Grand Spa
• Las Vegas 2016 ~ MGM Pool & Mon Ami Gabi
• Las Vegas 2016, High Roller & Makino
• Las Vegas 2016, Gordie Brown & Freemont Street
• Travel AZ ~ Queen Creek Olive Mill & Silly Mountain Trail
• Travel Arizona ~ Superstition Mtns, Tortilla Flat & Pomo Pizzeria
• Travel Tennessee ~ Antiquing in Shelbyville, March 2016
• Travel Tennessee ~ Bell Buckle 2016
• Country Living Fair Nashville ~ 2015
• Watertown, Tennessee ~ 2016
• The Nashville Show, Feb. 2016, Nashville Fairgrounds, Nashville
• Fiddler’s Antiques Show, Feb. 2016, Nashville
• The Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, Feb. 2016
• Sanibel Island Jan. 2016 ~ Morning Beach Walk
• Sanibel Island, Jan. 2016 ~ J.N. Ding Darling National Refuge & Sanibel Island Cow
• Sanibel Island Jan. 2016 ~ Blue Skies after the Storm
• Sanibel Island, Florida, Jan. 2016 ~ Stormy Weather
• Sanibel Island, Florida, Jan. 2016, Arriving on Sanibel
• Puerto Rico Dec. 2015 ~ Old San Juan & Hotel El Convento
• Puerto Rico Dec. 2015 ~ El Yunque National Rainforest, Coqui International & Lluvia Deli
• Puerto Rico Dec. 2015 ~ Punta Tuna Lighthouse
• Puerto Rico, Dec. 2015 ~ Beach day
• Puerto Rico Dec. 2015 ~ Arriving in Rio Grande
• Puerto Rico Dec. 2015 ~ Sandy Beach, Tamboo & La Cambija
• Puerto Rico Dec. 2015 ~ Cabo Rojo
• Puerto Rico Dec. 2015 ~ Around Rincon
• Puerto Rico Dec. 2015 ~ San Juan to Rincon
• Italy 2015 ~ The Vatican
• Italy 2015 ~ The Colosseum & Around Rome
• Italy 2015 ~ Leaving Positano, Arriving in Rome
• Italy 2015 ~ Last Day in Positano
• Italy 2015 ~ Day Trip to Isle of Capri
• Italy 2015 ~ Shopping Positano
• Italy 2015 ~ Arriving in Positano on the Amalfi Coast
• Italy 2015 ~ Florence
• Italy 2015 ~ Cortona
• Italy 2015 ~ Wine Tasting in Montalcino and Dinner at Podere Spedalone
• Italy 2015 ~ Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore & Asciano, Tuscany
• Italy 2015 ~ Arezzo Antique Fair, Tuscany
• Italy 2015 ~ Day trip to Pienza & Montepulciano & my birthday dinner
• Italy 2015 ~ Lucignanello Bandini, Tuscany
• Italy 2015 ~ Orvieto & Arrival at Lucignanello Bandini in Tuscany
• Savannah, GA to Daufuskie Island, SC ~ August 2015
• Sweet Tea & Shopping Spring Spectacular 2015, Bottom View Farm, Portland, TN
• Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Gran Melia Golf Resort, Puerto Rico
• El Yunque National Rainforest & lunch at Revolution Pizza, Luquillo Kiosks, Puerto Rico
• Palmas Del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico
• Road Trip: Palmas Del Mar to Salinas, Puerto Rico
• Palmas del Mar to Luquillo, Puerto Rico – Destination Food Kiosks!
• Antique Week in Nashville ~ February 2015
• William Thomas Head & Nancy Elizabeth Holmes Family, Robertson County, TN
• A Family Tree Connection ~ ENNIS/BINKLEY/CLINARD
• Antiquing ~ Columbia & Spring Hill, Tennessee
• Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Lichtenstein ~ 1988 “TBT” Senior Trip
• Savannah to Bloody Point, Daufuskie Island, S.C.
• Lake Como, Italy and back to Milan for departure
• Ferry to Varenna, Lake Como, Italy
• Villa Carlotta on Lake Como, Italy
• Exploring Menaggio, Italy on Lake Como
• Arriving at Lake Como, Italy ~ Nobiallo Community
• The Rovero Family Farm & Agritourism, Asti Province, Italy
• Rapallo, Italy ~ Cinque Terre
• Pisa, Italy
• San Gimignano and Volterra, Italy
• Ceramiche Rampini and Ristorante La Vigne, Radda, Italy
• Volpaia and Ristorante La Bottega, Chianti, Italy
• Castellini and Ristoro Lucarelli, Italy
• A Day in Florence, Italy
• Castello di Meleto and Brolio Castle, Gaiole, Italy
• Radda, Panzano and Greve, Italy ~ Chianti Country
• Arriving at Il Paggino in Radda, Chianti, Italy
• Day 2: Italian Cooking Lesson with Emanuela
• Traverstolo, Italy
• Fall Antique Fair, Mercante di Fiere, Parma, Italy
• Fattoria Rossi, Montecavolo, Italy
• The Countess of Matilda Castle “Path”, Reggio Emilia, Italy
• Day 3: Black Truffles & Castello di Torrechiara, Italy
• Day 1, Italy 2014: Busseto & Traversetolo, Italy and the BibiLoved House
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Valley Forge, Amish Country and the Ephrata Cloister, Pennsylvania
• Dinner at La Siesta Pizzeria ~ Tulum, Mexico
• Snorkeling Soliman Bay ~ Tulum, Mexico
• Tulum Honey Store, Lunch at Mezzanine, Massage at Maya Tulum Spa ~ Tulum, Mexico
• Cenote Dos Ojos, Tulum, Mexico
• Soliman Bay and Tankah, Mexico ~ Turtles, Birds & More
• Arriving: Soliman Bay, Mexico ~ July 2014
• The Outer Banks, Aerial Photography Tour ~ Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke
• The Outer Banks, Hatteras, NC
• The Outer Banks, Nags Head and Kitty Hawk, NC
• The Outer Banks, Avon, NC
• The Outer Banks, Buxton, NC
• A week at Carolina Treasure, Outer Banks – Frisco, N.C.
• Offshore Fishing with The Albatross Fleet, Hatteras, NC
• Sabino Canyon Recreation Area & Mt. Lemmon, Tucson, AZ
• Spring at Ventana Canyon, Tucson, Arizona
• Native Seeds Search, The Grey House Antiques, Tucson, AZ
• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum & El Charro Cafe, Tucson, Arizona
• Daufuskie Island, S.C., March 2014
• Savannah, and Tybee Island Georgia, March 2014
• Lunch at El Camello Jr, Dinner at Piedra Escondida, Tulum, Mexico
• Soliman Bay, Mexico Pelicanos
• La Nave Italian Restaurant, Tulum, Mexico
• Nah Uxibal, Soliman Bay, Mexico ~ February 2014
• Last night in Fiumicino, Italy
• Last day in Massa Labrense, Italy
• Massa Labrense, Lunch at La Torre, Silver Isle of Capri
• Day trip to Positano, Italy
• Massa Labrense, Italy ~ Exploring The Marina
• A Day in Sorrento, Italy
• Exploring Massa Labrense, Italy
• Arriving in Massa Labrense & Villa Erca
• Pienza, Italy, Home to Pecorino Cheese
• The Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Asciano, Siena, Italy
• Castiglione Del Lago, Italy
• Arezzo Antique Fair, Tuscany, Italy
• Exploring Montepulciano & Siena, Italy
• Italy ~ Griffin’s Resort to Cortona, La Mucchia Casa Vacanze
• Todi and Orvieto in Umbria, Italy
• Griffin’s Resort, Orvieto, Umbria Region, Italy
• Spanish Steps and Tour of Pantheon, Rome
• Campo Dei Fiori, Da Vinci, & Trastevere for Lunch
• Rome ~ Basilica Santa Maria sopra Minerva
• 1st Night in Rome ~ Dinner, Piazza Navona and Pantheon
• Two Nights in Rome, Italy
• Bloody Point Golf Course, Dahfuskie Island, S.C.
• Hilton Head to Daufuskie Island on the Calibogue Ferry
• Last Day on Soliman Bay…
• Heavenly Gelato at Panna e Cioccolato in Tulum, Mexico
• An Afternoon on Tulum Beach Road, Mexico
• The Spa Experience, Maya Tulum Resort, Tulum Beach, Mexico
• Los Colorados Salt Mine, Rio Lagartos, Mexico
• San Felipe, Mexico Rodeo/Bullfight
• Rio Lagartos, MX: Day 2: Bird Tour, Mud Bath & Beach
• Rio Lagartos, MX: Day 1, Colonial Church and Hotel Macumba
• Road Trip: Ek’ Balam, “The Black Jaguar” Mayan Ruin
• Sian Ka’an Muyil Freshwater River Float
• Nah Lu’um Ka’an, The House of Earth & Sky: Soliman Bay, Mexico
• Daufuskie Island, South Carolina
• 2013 Masters, Wednesday Practice Round
• Ogles Family Photos, Manchester, Tennessee
• 1940s Manchester, TN Post Cards & Business Cards
• Spring Wildflowers Around the Farm
• Spring Daffodils at our Farm
• Reverends & 1879 Revival, Crawford, Clinards & Wilkinsons
• Diving Belize, Ambergris Caye
• BELIZE: Fishing & Snorkeling Shark-Sting Ray Alley
• Ambergris Caye, Belize
• Grange Hall School, Robertson County, TN
• Villines Cemetery, Robertson County, Tennessee
• Robertson County Survey Book, 1824-1890s & Mansker Station Survey
• Historic Mansker’s Station Heritage Days, Goodlettsville, TN
• Amsterdam
• Day 4, Eglingham Hall, Tankersville Arms Pub, St. Maurice Church
• Warkworth Castle, Flodden Field, Alnmouth, England
• Ogle Castle & The Church of St Mary Magdalene, England
• Northumberland England with the Ogles
• Biltmore Estate, Charleston, Savannah, Folly, Kiawah and Tybee Islands
• Clinards & Cemeteries, 1700s in Abbotts Creek, N.C.
• Moravian Bethania and Old Salem, N.C., Clinard History
• Henry Clinard (son of Johann Philip Kleinert) in Virginia
• Chamico’s 2013, Soliman Bay, Mexico
• Diving Cozumel, Mexico
• Muyil Ruins, Tulum, Mexico
• Tulum, Mexico
• Massage by Lucia on Soliman Bay
• Soliman Bay 2013 at Nah Uxibal
• Yosemite National Park, Spinning Wheel Yosemite VRBO
• Mendocino, Glass Beach and town
• Mendocino: Tidal pools and abalone diving
• Russian River Valley to The Inn at Schoolhouse Creek, Mendocino
• Wine tasting in Sonoma Valley, California
• Sebastapol, California
• Marin Co Farmers Market & Petaluma, California
• San Francisco Ferry, Farmer’s Market, Fisherman’s Wharf
• Discovering California, June 2011: Muir Woods & Muir Beach
• Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
• Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
• Las Vegas
• Oak Creek Canyon’s West Fork Trail, Sedona, Arizona
• Phoenix Golf to Red Agave Resort, Sedona, AZ
• Antiquing Phoenix, Dinner at San Tan Flat
• Jerome, Arizona
• The Grand Canyon, Arizona
• Arizona Travels, Around Sedona
• La Buena Vida Restaurant and Akumal, Mexico
• Thermopolis, Wyoming to Salt Lake City, Utah
• Cody, Wyoming
• Wapiti Valley, Wyoming: Hikes, Rides, Bill Cody Ranch & Rand Creek Ranch
• Okaloosa Island, Ft. Walton, & Destin, Florida
• Oscar & Lalo’s Restaurant, Tulum, Mexico
• A Weekend in Valladolid, Mexico
• A Day at Yellowstone National Park
• Elephant Head Lodge, Wapiti Valley, Cody, Wyoming
• A Week in Scotland, July 2008
• James Frank Bowie (1851-1930), Scottish immigrant
• Jackson Hole to Yellowstone Park
• Grand Tetons, Nat’l Museum of Wildlife Art, Taste of the Tetons, Horsethief Canyon Fire Grows
• The Grand Tetons and Jackson’s Horsethief Canyon Wildfire
• Arriving in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• Afton and Star Valley, Wyoming to Jackson
• Park City, Utah to Jackson Hole, Wyoming: Day 2
• Park City, Utah: Day 1
• Fall at The Garden Patch, Smith’s Grove, Ky
• Robertson County Road Builders
• Soliman Bay’s Wild Side and Tidal Pools, Mexico
• La Trattoria del Mar, Tulum, Mexico
• Coopertown, TN group visits Mammoth Cave, circa 1908
• Soliman Bay Summer Scenes
• Chapter 4: Kleinert to Clinard, 1700s in Pennsylvania
• Coba, Mayan City in the Jungle
• Rambling Fever
• Mezzanine, Tulum Beach, Mexico
• 2012 Murfreesboro Antique Show Snapshots
• Soliman Bay, Mexico: Dinner at Chamico’s
• Lewis and Huldah Justice Clinard Family 1814, Civil War and More
• Grimes and Miller Family History NC to TN
• Millers Family Moravian & Court Records in NC
• Ogles Family Photos, Manchester, Tennessee
• Around Akumal, Mexico
• Bumper Berry Crop, 2012
• Soliman Bay, Mexico, Snorkel Tips
• Snorkeling with Turtles in Akumal Bay, Mexico
• Travel Tips and Lists for Soliman Bay, Mexico
• Soliman Bay, Mexico ~ Nah Uxibal
• Clinard WWII Draft Cards, Robertson and Stewart Counties, Tennessee
• Clinard Marriage Certificates, Robertson County, Tennessee
• Clinard Death Certificates • Robertson County, TN
• Tim’s Ford Lake Fishing, Estill Springs, Tennessee
• Tim’s Ford Lake Scenery, Estill Springs, Tennessee
• Virginia History Tour, Day 2: Monticello, Michie Tavern, The Wilderness and Chancellorsville
• Virginia History Tour, Day 1: Colonial Williamsburg and Historic Jamestown Settlement
• New Orleans to New Iberia, Louisiana for “Lou” rescue
• Biloxi, Mississippi: Coast, Casinos, Cruisin, Circus and Seafood!
• Lavender Dog Days, 2012
• Museum of Appalachia and Antiquing in Historic Clinton, TN
• Cedar Key and Sanibel Island, Florida
• Florida’s Forgotten Coast: Apalachicola, Florida
• Florida’s Forgotten Coast, Indian Pass and Cape San Blas
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Wears Valley, TN
• Coopertown and Pleasant View, TN, circa 1900 photos
• Creamy Blueberry Pie for 4th of July !
• Mt. Sharon Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Sunday School, circa 1895
• Charles Frank Clinard Threshing photo – Identified!
• Tennessee Clinards in the War of 1812
• Day 6, 2nd half: Kingsport, Tennessee
• Day 6: Erwin, TN, home to Blue Ridge and Cash Pottery
• Day 5: Asheville, N.C. and The Biltmore Estate
• Day 4: The Angel Oak, Kiawah and Folly Islands, Charleston, S.C.
• Middleton Plantation, Charleston, S.C.
• Proof of Lawrence Clinard’s Children
• Visit to Clinard & Bowie Cabins
• Denmark, S.C., Antique Shopping Destination
• A Day at The Masters, Augusta, Georgia
• Andy Clinard, Rebecca Jamison marriage, 1820s
• Destination: Augusta, Georgia for The Masters
• Florida’s Forgotten Coast: Port St. Joe
• Florida’s “Forgotten Coast”: Mexico Beach
• Chapter 3: “Reminsicing” with NC Clinard Cousins, PA to NC Clinard Land & Legal Transactions
• Chapter 2: TN Clinard Family Trees, 1797 to mid-1800s
• Chapter 1: Time Travels – Retracing My Family History
• “Traveling” into the Bloggoshere…